Capstone Projest~ Planning Course Code: 22080 Program Name __: All Branches of Diploma in Engineering and Technology. Program Code : CE/CR/CS/CH/CM/CO/F/CW/DE/EW/EN/EQUET/EX/TE/ MU/EE/EP/EU/S/IC/AE/FG/ME/PG/PT/D: Semester : Fourth Course Title : Capstone Project - Planning Course Code 22050 1. RATIONALE According to the requirement of National Board of Accreditation (NBA), ‘learning to learn’ is, an important Graduate Attribute (GA No.11). It is required to develop this skill in the students so that they continue to acquire on their own new knowledge and skills from different ‘on the job experiences’ during their career in industry. An educational ‘project’ just does that and may be defined as 'a purposeful student activity, planned, designed and performed by a student or group of students to solve/ complete the identified problem/task, which require students to integrate the various skills acquired over a period to accomplish higher level cognitive and affective domain outcomes and sometimes the psychomotor domain outcomes as well", Projects mainly serve this purpose of developing learning-to-learn skills with an aim to develop the following attributes in the students: a) Initiative, confidence and ability to tackle new problems b) Spirit of enquiry ©) Creativity and innovativeness 4) Planning and decision making skills ©) Ability to work in a team and to lead a team £) Ability of self directed learning which is required for lifelong learning 2) Persistence (habit of not giving up quickly and trying different solutions in case of momentary failures, till suecess is achieved) h) Resourcefulness i) Habit of keeping proper records of events and to present a formal comprehensive report of their work, 2, COMPETENCY The course should be taught and implemented with the aim to develop the required course outcomes (COs) so that students will acquire following competency needed by the industry: ‘© Plan innovativelereative solutions, independently and/or collaboratively to integrate various competencies acquired during the semesters to solve/complete the identified problems/task/shortcomings faced by industry/user related to the concerned occupation. 3. COURSE OUTCOMES (COs) The following could be some of the major course outcomes depending upon the nature of the projects undertaken. However, in case of some projects few of the following course outcomes may not be applicable. a) Write the problemy/task specification in existing systems related to the occupation. b) Select, collect and use required information/knowledge to solve the problem/complete the task. ©) Logically choose relevant possible solution(s). 4) Consider the ethical issues related to the project (if there are any), e) Assess the impact of the project on society (if there is any). 1) Prepare ‘project proposals’ with action plan and time duration sci beginning of proje: I Copy Dt. 29.03.2019 1 of 16Capstone Projeet~ Panning Course Code: 20050, 2) Communicate effectively and confidently as a member and leader of team. 4. TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEME, Teaching - - i OO _ Scheme Examination Scheme Credit : “Practical or : st tis Max | Min | Max | atin | Stax | Min zp? | - wef ae so | 20 Legends: L-Lecture; T — Tutorial/Teacher Guided Theory Practice; P - Practical; C ~ Credit, ESE - End Semester Examination; PA - Progressive Assessment 5. Capstones Project One of the dictionary meaning is the ‘crown’ or the stone placed on top of the building structure like ‘kalash on top of Temples and Mosques’ or ‘Cross on top of churches’ Capstone projects are culminating experiences in which students synthesize the competencies acquired over whole programme. In some cases they also integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge. Thus Capstone projects prepare students for entry into a career and can be described as a ‘rite of passage’ or ‘minimal threshold’ through which participants change theit status from student to graduate. A capstone project therefore should serve as a synthesis — reflection and integration to bridge the real-world preparatory experience to real life. Thus capstone project should have emphasis on integration, experiential learning, and real-world problem solving and hence these projects are very important for students, To develop the highly essential industry oriented skills and competencies in the students, the capstone projects are offered in the last two semesters to serve for following purposes: a) Integrate the competencies acquired by the students in the previous and current semesters b) Provide opportunities for interdisciplinary work in tackling problems likely to be faced by them in industry which are exciting and challenging. 6. Capstone Project Planning Students are supposed to find out a suitable project and prepare a detailed plan in fifth semester so that it ean be executed smoothly in sixth semester. The main characteristic of any project whether small or big is that it requires simultaneous application of various types of skills in the different domains of learning. Moreover, project normally do not have a predefined single solution, in other words for the same problem different students may come up with different but acceptable solutions. Further, in the process of arriving at a particular solution, the student must be required to make a number of decisions after scrutiny of the information s/he has accumulated from experiments, analysis, survey and other sources. The projects will have a detailed project proposal, which must be executed or implemented within the time allocated, simultaneously maintaining a logbook periodically monitored by the teacher. A detailed project report is to be prepared as project progresses, which has to be submitted after the project is over. For self assessment and reflection students have to also prepare a portfolio of learning During the guidance and supervision of the project work, teachers” should ensure that students acquire following learning outcomes (depending upon the nature of the project work some of these learning outcomes may not be applicable): a) Show the attitude of enquiry. b) Identify the problems in the area related to their programme. c) Identify the information suggesting the cause of the problem and pi @) Assess the feasibility of different solutions and the financial implica) MSBTE - Final Copy Dt. 29.03.2019 Page 2 of 16Cupstone Projet — Planning Course Coe: 22080, ©) Collect relevant data from diffe s (books/intemnet/market/suppliers/experts ete. through surveys/interviews) 1) Prepare required drawings and detailed plan for execution of the work g) Work persistently and participate effectively in group work to achieve the targets. h) Work independently for the individual responsibility undertaken, i) Ask for help from others including guide, when required j) Prepare portfolio to reflect (chintan-manan) on experiences during project work, k) Prepare seminar presentations to present findings/features of the project. 1) Confidently answer the questions asked about the project. m) Acknowledge the help rendered by others in success of the project sour If students are able to acquire these learning outcomes, then they would be able to acquire the COs as discussed in section 3 2 Scopes of Projects Scope of the project work should be decided based on following criteria: a) Relation to diploma programme curriculum: When students intend to select topics for the project work they need to choose a project which relates well to their curriculum (It may be beyond curriculum, but it should relate to it) and requires implementation of theories already learnt and skills already possessed by them from the previous semesters. b) Abilities possessed by the group of students: Projects should be chosen so that it can be completed mainly using students’ problem solving capabilities and depth of learning. It is natural that highly motivated students or high achievers may come out with projects which are more complex and challenging. Teachers should guide students to choose challenging projects according to the students’ ability. ©) Resources Available: Students and Guides should keep in mind the availability of resources while deciding the topic and the scope of the project. Some of the important resources which need consideration ar i. Time available ii, Raw Material/Components required iii, Manufacturing/Fabrication equipment and tools required iv, Testing/Measuring equipment and instruments required v. Access to Journals (Library/Digital) vi, Expertise for theoretical guidance (available in polytechnic, nearby institutes nearby industries) Vii. Expertise and technology required for fabrication (if required) viii, Software required. or An important aspect to he considered is to decide who will choose a project. The best practice is that teacher should guide stulents about the above factors to be considered for choosing the project and bused on these factors students should do the ground work and identify the possible projects and teachers should work as only facilitator and Guide in final selection of the project title and its scope. d) Suggested Type of Capstone Projects In general, the projects that the students can take up could be of the following types; i. Feasibility studies. ii. Design projects iii, Market surveys about raw material, components or finished products. iv. Prototype (design, make, test and evaluate) v. Advanced experimental work requiring the development of existing e; be used and developed. vi, Field works: This could include surveys, using equipment, chy information from visual observation MSBTE - Fi Copy Dt. 29.03.2019 Page 3 of 16